Conference Announcement:
This year's Work, Employment & Society Conference will
take place at the University of Nottingham on September 11 - 13, 2001. Plenary
papers - addressing the theme of "Winning and Losing in the New Economy" - will
be given by Naomi Klein, Theo Nichols, Kate Purcell and Richard Sennett.
Sub-themes will address issues relating to:
- Inequalities of wealth and power
- Emotional labour
- The historical meanings of work
- Working (up a) class identity
- Risk, flexibility, insecurity
- Stress and work intensification
- Re-regulating the labour market
- Slavery - old and new
Papers addressing other themes will also be welcome. If
you would like to present a paper, please send a short abstract (300 words max)
to the conference organisers by April 20th, 2001. Registration forms can be
found at the conference website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/wes2001